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Book rec for boys ?

any books you read or wish you had read in high school? look...
Indigo market
  12/18/25
I would have enjoyed sword and sorcery fantasy. Poul Anderso...
vengeful stage
  12/18/25
https://www.ebay.com/itm/276841789712? Reasonable price, ...
Turquoise swashbuckling site
  12/18/25
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Infuriating circlehead legal warrant
  12/18/25
"There's a trip to the farmers market and time for toys...
Vibrant jet cuckold stage
  12/19/25
this is now forever in my search history I want you dead,...
Vibrant jet cuckold stage
  12/19/25
mein kampf for late night reads that give you a good feel
Odious boltzmann goal in life
  12/18/25
A few offhand: -On the Shortness of Life - Seneca -Sta...
Up-to-no-good Place Of Business
  12/18/25
https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3922329&mc=32&a...
Vibrant jet cuckold stage
  12/19/25
or have the kid wake up xmas morning to an ACTUAL bonfire of...
milky pit pozpig
  12/19/25
...
well-lubricated nubile university
  12/18/25
Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters
startling quadroon range
  12/18/25
i think my side of the mountain was one of his summer readin...
Indigo market
  12/18/25
Where the Red Fern Grows, All Quiet on the Western Front, Ce...
startling quadroon range
  12/18/25
they did lord of the flies already. ill look up some of your...
Indigo market
  12/18/25
180
startling quadroon range
  12/18/25
The eyes and the impossible sourdough heart of samurai...
bistre hateful kitchen twinkling uncleanness
  12/18/25
rocket boys is 180
Rebellious sanctuary
  12/18/25
Every kid should read. It’s top of that list imo
bistre hateful kitchen twinkling uncleanness
  12/18/25
...
Rebellious sanctuary
  12/19/25
weird group called the "rocket boys" ran the party...
milky pit pozpig
  12/22/25
CR GOAT status books, but would one be "past" thos...
Harsh Fantasy-prone Electric Furnace
  12/18/25
he’s 12/7th grade so i said high school since that&rsq...
Indigo market
  12/18/25
The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)
Multi-colored clown becky
  12/18/25
ty for the recs, this is helpful i just asked him what bo...
Indigo market
  12/18/25
Waste of time unless he's secretly 30+ years old and has rea...
cruel-hearted sandwich
  12/18/25
seconding count of monte cristo three musketeers is also ...
Crawly lascivious coldplay fan
  12/18/25
JackTales 🤡😳
shimmering concupiscible heaven striped hyena
  12/18/25
those are for reading out loud , clown
bistre hateful kitchen twinkling uncleanness
  12/18/25
The Boy with Pink Hair by Perez Hilton https://www.amazon...
Magenta Brethren
  12/18/25
Quo Vadis (Sienkiewicz) We Were Soldiers Once… And...
coiffed lavender mad cow disease therapy
  12/18/25
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Impressive Maroon Prole
  12/18/25
I’m not even sure which author you’re talking ab...
coiffed lavender mad cow disease therapy
  12/18/25
...
Impressive Maroon Prole
  12/18/25
he doesn't like the term gay or homo and instead prefers &qu...
Doobsian indian lodge
  12/21/25
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000
Rebellious sanctuary
  12/18/25
No young man of any worth can finish that and not have a bet...
coiffed lavender mad cow disease therapy
  12/18/25
James Bond novels Conan (only read the flemming and howard...
thriller spot
  12/18/25
The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.
Up-to-no-good Place Of Business
  12/18/25
Once I got into the first one I burned through the rest (12 ...
thriller spot
  12/18/25
Any chance you can recommend your top 5? I need some new boo...
Up-to-no-good Place Of Business
  12/18/25
1. Goldfinger 2. Moonraker 3. Casino Royale 4. From Russ...
thriller spot
  12/19/25
tyft. I loved Moonraker. Will check out Goldfinger next I th...
Up-to-no-good Place Of Business
  12/21/25
cr
Rebellious sanctuary
  12/18/25
Anabasis
comical slate national security agency persian
  12/18/25
...
Impressive Maroon Prole
  12/18/25
Flowers for Algernon
House-broken set idiot
  12/18/25
...
Impressive Maroon Prole
  12/18/25
a song of ice and fire. I'm not a fantasy guy and I loved it...
spruce offensive whorehouse
  12/18/25
Patrick O'Byrne's Master and Commander and related books in ...
Razzmatazz crotch forum
  12/18/25
Hardy Boys (how old is your kid?) Zen and the Art of Motorc...
mentally impaired boyish business firm new version
  12/18/25
...
Impressive Maroon Prole
  12/18/25
read that, among others, for my contemporary thought class i...
Indigo market
  12/18/25
zorba the greek
Rebellious sanctuary
  12/18/25
...
coiffed lavender mad cow disease therapy
  12/18/25
Several good recs already upthread. Some others: The Thin...
Harsh Fantasy-prone Electric Furnace
  12/18/25
Cr. list I feel like The Things They Carried got a bit ov...
coiffed lavender mad cow disease therapy
  12/18/25
The Things They Carried is the most classic writer's favorit...
wonderful chrome garrison death wish
  12/18/25
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Harsh Fantasy-prone Electric Furnace
  12/18/25
agree with the first sentence and rec. need to exercise cau...
Doobsian indian lodge
  12/22/25
Watership Down A Day No Pigs Would Die 2nd Where the R...
coral useless brakes church
  12/18/25
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Charismatic Dun Locus
  12/18/25
Starship Troopers Enders Game Johnny Tremain Childhoods E...
umber galvanic trailer park
  12/18/25
A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES
Vibrant jet cuckold stage
  12/19/25
Neon Bible better rec for younger kid
comical slate national security agency persian
  12/19/25
abridged edgar allen poe short stories
exhilarant emerald den background story
  12/19/25
https://kommandostore.com/products/republic-of-south-africa-...
hairraiser embarrassed to the bone rehab alpha
  12/26/25


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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: Indigo market

any books you read or wish you had read in high school? looking for something that would be motivating / tools for life genre

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49519424)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:15 PM
Author: vengeful stage

I would have enjoyed sword and sorcery fantasy. Poul Anderson (Broken Sword, Three Hearts and Three Lions) Fritz Lieber (Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser) etc

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49519444)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:19 PM
Author: Turquoise swashbuckling site

https://www.ebay.com/itm/276841789712?

Reasonable price, free shipping.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49519452)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:21 PM
Author: Infuriating circlehead legal warrant



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49519458)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:35 AM
Author: Vibrant jet cuckold stage

"There's a trip to the farmers market and time for toys and crayons, a bubble bath, and lots of love."

-- School Library Journal

"Will undoubtedly be scooped up by families seeking queer representation in board books."

-- Kirkus

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49521596)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:42 AM
Author: Vibrant jet cuckold stage

this is now forever in my search history

I want you dead, Malk Poo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49521719)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:21 PM
Author: Odious boltzmann goal in life

mein kampf for late night reads that give you a good feel

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49519459)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:22 PM
Author: Up-to-no-good Place Of Business

A few offhand:

-On the Shortness of Life - Seneca

-Starship Troopers (the book is much better and more serious than the movie)

-Bonfire of the Vanities

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49519460)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:10 AM
Author: Vibrant jet cuckold stage

https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3922329&mc=32&forum_id=2#35633765

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49521571)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 9:32 AM
Author: milky pit pozpig

or have the kid wake up xmas morning to an ACTUAL bonfire of his vanities

toughens him up a bit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49522050)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:23 PM
Author: well-lubricated nubile university



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49519465)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:27 PM
Author: startling quadroon range

Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49519476)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:30 PM
Author: Indigo market

i think my side of the mountain was one of his summer reading assignments



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49519493)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:34 PM
Author: startling quadroon range

Where the Red Fern Grows, All Quiet on the Western Front, Celestine Prophecy, Lord of the Flies.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49519513)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:37 PM
Author: Indigo market

they did lord of the flies already. ill look up some of your other recs, ty!

he just finished peak, so hatchet is a good one

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49519523)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:45 PM
Author: startling quadroon range

180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49519559)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:01 PM
Author: bistre hateful kitchen twinkling uncleanness

The eyes and the impossible

sourdough

heart of samurai

artemis

rocket boys

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49519953)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:13 PM
Author: Rebellious sanctuary

rocket boys is 180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49520282)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 10:18 PM
Author: bistre hateful kitchen twinkling uncleanness

Every kid should read. It’s top of that list imo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49521280)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:34 AM
Author: Rebellious sanctuary



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49521595)



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 10:54 AM
Author: milky pit pozpig

weird group called the "rocket boys" ran the party scene at my rural West Virginia high school

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49530601)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:54 PM
Author: Harsh Fantasy-prone Electric Furnace

CR GOAT status books, but would one be "past" those by HS, especially later in HS?

My 7 year old just read--and really enjoyed--Hatchet.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49519755)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:00 PM
Author: Indigo market

he’s 12/7th grade so i said high school since that’s more his reading level

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49519767)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:28 PM
Author: Multi-colored clown becky

The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49519483)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:29 PM
Author: Indigo market

ty for the recs, this is helpful

i just asked him what book he’s reading (we’re on a flight) and its war and peace

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49519489)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:24 PM
Author: cruel-hearted sandwich

Waste of time unless he's secretly 30+ years old and has read tons of other Russian lit and has a solid grounding in religion and philosophy.

Count of Monte Cristo is a goat novel that is also accessible and really exciting.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49519679)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:29 PM
Author: Crawly lascivious coldplay fan

seconding count of monte cristo

three musketeers is also great and vastly superior to any adaptation

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49519686)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:29 PM
Author: shimmering concupiscible heaven striped hyena

JackTales 🤡😳

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49519490)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:02 PM
Author: bistre hateful kitchen twinkling uncleanness

those are for reading out loud , clown



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49519956)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:30 PM
Author: Magenta Brethren

The Boy with Pink Hair by Perez Hilton

https://www.amazon.com/Boy-Pink-Hair-Perez-Hilton/dp/0451234200

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49519492)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:32 PM
Author: coiffed lavender mad cow disease therapy

Quo Vadis (Sienkiewicz)

We Were Soldiers Once… And Young (Moore & Galloway)

Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage (Lansing)

The Way of Men (Donovan)



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49519502)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:35 PM
Author: Impressive Maroon Prole



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49519701)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:45 PM
Author: coiffed lavender mad cow disease therapy

I’m not even sure which author you’re talking about, though I’m 99.99% sure that it’s not Moore or Galloway

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49519724)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:41 PM
Author: Impressive Maroon Prole



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49519873)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 6:48 PM
Author: Doobsian indian lodge

he doesn't like the term gay or homo and instead prefers "androphile," a term he uses to describe romance and sex between masculine men

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Donovan

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49528627)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:46 PM
Author: Rebellious sanctuary

Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49519898)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:28 PM
Author: coiffed lavender mad cow disease therapy

No young man of any worth can finish that and not have a better idea of what it means to be a man and to experience the thrill, the triumph, of surviving impossible odds. Leadership, loyalty, discipline. And then they get home and are like, fuck it, sign me up for WWI’s trenches

My middle son needed a bit of coaching on perseverance, so we read this together and then did a HARD AS FUCK mountain bike camping trip in western NC.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49520739)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:33 PM
Author: thriller spot

James Bond novels

Conan (only read the flemming and howard originals though)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49519505)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:39 PM
Author: Up-to-no-good Place Of Business

The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49519535)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:51 PM
Author: thriller spot

Once I got into the first one I burned through the rest (12 or so) in a summer. all were 180. I tried reading the non-flemming but its not the same. They don't write novels like that anymore.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49519587)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:50 PM
Author: Up-to-no-good Place Of Business

Any chance you can recommend your top 5? I need some new books to read.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49519744)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 10:06 AM
Author: thriller spot

1. Goldfinger

2. Moonraker

3. Casino Royale

4. From Russia With Love

5. On Her Majesty's Secret Service

the order changes based on mood but these five are in a tier above.

the rest are all solid. for example, Diamonds are Forever is my least favorite and that is still leagues better than any modern espionage novel.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49522101)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 6:44 PM
Author: Up-to-no-good Place Of Business

tyft. I loved Moonraker. Will check out Goldfinger next I think.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49528612)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:46 PM
Author: Rebellious sanctuary

cr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49519729)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:42 PM
Author: comical slate national security agency persian

Anabasis

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49519542)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:48 PM
Author: Impressive Maroon Prole



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49519572)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:43 PM
Author: House-broken set idiot

Flowers for Algernon

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49519548)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:48 PM
Author: Impressive Maroon Prole



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49519568)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:55 PM
Author: spruce offensive whorehouse

a song of ice and fire. I'm not a fantasy guy and I loved it. great series for boys who like knights, politics, and violence.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49519602)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:30 PM
Author: Razzmatazz crotch forum

Patrick O'Byrne's Master and Commander and related books in the series

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49519689)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:36 PM
Author: mentally impaired boyish business firm new version

Hardy Boys (how old is your kid?)

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Dune

anything recent by Lawrence Millman

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49519705)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:37 PM
Author: Impressive Maroon Prole



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49519706)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:01 PM
Author: Indigo market

read that, among others, for my contemporary thought class in hs. book was so so but class was 180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49519770)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:38 PM
Author: Rebellious sanctuary

zorba the greek



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49519710)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:49 PM
Author: coiffed lavender mad cow disease therapy



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49519736)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:53 PM
Author: Harsh Fantasy-prone Electric Furnace

Several good recs already upthread. Some others:

The Things They Carried

Mark Twain--starting with Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn

1984

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (and throw in The Hobbit)

Infinite Jest

Moby Dick

Blood Meridian

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49519751)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:30 PM
Author: coiffed lavender mad cow disease therapy

Cr. list

I feel like The Things They Carried got a bit overexposed to the hopelessly feminized librarian space for a time and was looked down upon as kind of trite. But it’s 180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49520745)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:55 PM
Author: wonderful chrome garrison death wish

The Things They Carried is the most classic writer's favorite. You shouldn't look down on librarian recs. This is all they do

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49520815)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 10:12 PM
Author: Harsh Fantasy-prone Electric Furnace



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49521254)



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 11:44 AM
Author: Doobsian indian lodge

agree with the first sentence and rec. need to exercise caution with the second and third sentences just given that the values may not be stoic masculine warrior

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49530736)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:09 PM
Author: coral useless brakes church

Watership Down

A Day No Pigs Would Die

2nd Where the Red Fern Grows

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49520246)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:33 PM
Author: Charismatic Dun Locus



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49520756)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:40 PM
Author: umber galvanic trailer park

Starship Troopers

Enders Game

Johnny Tremain

Childhoods End

Rama



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49520778)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:16 AM
Author: Vibrant jet cuckold stage

A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49521578)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:11 AM
Author: comical slate national security agency persian

Neon Bible better rec for younger kid

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49521698)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:23 AM
Author: exhilarant emerald den background story

abridged edgar allen poe short stories

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49521706)



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Date: December 26th, 2025 12:37 AM
Author: hairraiser embarrassed to the bone rehab alpha

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